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THE WORLD PROGRAMMEPROGRAMME IN 20142014 FACTS AND FIFIGURESGURES WFP’S KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

80 MILLION PEOPLE reached with food assistance in 82 COUNTRIES

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures WFP’S KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Children remained the primary focus of WFP’s support, accounting for 64 PERCENT of total beneficiaries

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures WFP’S KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

WFP reduced the average lead time FROM 120 TO 68 DAYS to procure and move food to recipient countries

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures WFP’S KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

WFP assisted more than 42 MILLION PEOPLE in emergencies

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures LEVEL 3 EMERGENCIESEMERGENCIES In 2014, WFP worked on 6 simultaneous Level 3 emergencies. Level 3 is the highest category for a WFP emergency, requiring the mobilisation of a global, corporate response to support the Country Office and/or Regional Bureau.

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures LEVEL 3 EMERGENCIESEMERGENCIES

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC WFP assisted more than a million people forced to flee their homes due to breakdown of law and order.

IRAQ Conflict across the country in the summer of 2014 triggered widespread internal displacement and overwhelming humanitarian needs. WFP responded by providing food assistance to some 2.2 million people.

PHILIPPINES WFP provided more than a million people with food and cash following the Super-Typhoon Haiyan that smashed into the Philippines archipelago in 2013 and posed a logistics challenge requiring massive mobilisation of resources.

SOUTH Conflict pushed millions into food insecurity in the world’s newest country. Even before the conflict, WFP was assisting more than 2 million people.

SYRIA The Syrian Regional Emergency continued to be WFP’s largest and most complex operation. WFP provided food for as many as 4.9 million people inside Syria and assisted more than a million refugees in neighbouring countries.

WEST AFRICA The 2014 Ebola epidemic was the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa - Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone. In response, WFP provided critically needed food to more than 2 million people, logistics expertise to humanitarian agencies and built treatment centres in the three countries.

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED WFP ASSISTANCE

66.866.8 6.76.7 MILLION MILLION WOMEN AND CHILDREN REFUGEES 25.3 MILLION BOYS AND 25.7 MILLION GIRLS

14.814.8 800,000800,000 MILLION

INTERNALLY RETURNEES DISPLACED PEOPLE

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED WFP ASSISTANCE BY COUNTRY IN 2014

The number indicated for each country refers to millions of people

Ethiopia 5.3 Lebanon 1 Bolivia 0.2 Syria 4.9 Senegal 1 Congo (Brazzav) 0.2 Yemen 4.4 0.9 0.2

Sudan 4.3 Zambia 0.9 Gambia 0.2

Pakistan 3.4 Uganda 0.8 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 Afghanistan 3.3 0.7 Swaziland 0.2 Philippines 3.2 Egypt 0.7 Turkey 0.2 Malawi 2.8 Guinea 0.7 Algeria 0.1 2.6 Liberia 0.7 Armenia 0.1 Kenya 2.5 0.7 Benin 0.1 Iraq 2.3 0.6 Bhutan 0.1 Mali 1.9 Côte d'Ivoire 0.6 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.1 Palestine 1.9 Madagascar 0.6 Djibouti 0.1

DPR Korea 1.8 Colombia 0.5 Ecuador 0.1 1.8 Mauritania 0.5 0.1 Zimbabwe 1.7 Nepal 0.5 Indonesia 0.1 Bangladesh 1.6 0.4 Iran 0.1 Central African Republic 1.6 Guatemala 0.4 Kyrgyzstan 0.1 Honduras 1.6 Mozambique 0.4 Libya 0.1 Jordan 1.5 Nicaragua 0.4 Paraguay 0.1

Somalia 1.5 Sri Lanka 0.4 0.1 Dem. Rep. Congo 1.4 Tajikistan 0.4 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1 Chad 1.3 0.3 Serbia and Montenegro 0.1 Haiti 1.2 Laos 0.3 Timor-Leste 0.1

Sierra Leone 1.2 0.3 Ukraine 0.1 Myanmar 1.1 WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures NUTRITION 7.37.3 MILLIONMILLION Malnourished children receiving specialized nutritional support

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures NUTRITION

33 800,000800,000 MILLION

PREGNANT WOMEN AND NURSING MOTHERS PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS RECEIVING RECEIVING ADDITIONAL NUTRITION SUPPORT WFP ASSISTANCE

2929 31,700

COUNTRIES RECEIVING ASSISTANCE HEALTH CENTRES AND CLINICS RECEIVING FOR TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV/AIDS WFP ASSISTANCE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures FOOD QUANTITIES 3.23.2 MILLIONMILLION Metric tons of food distributed

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures FOOD AID QUANTITIES

2.22.2 MILLION 81%81% METRIC TONS THETHE PERCENTAGEPERCENTAGE OFOF FOODFOOD PROCUREDPROCURED THE AMOUNT OF FOOD ININ DEVELOPINGDEVELOPING COUNTRIESCOUNTRIES PROCURED IN 92 COUNTRIES

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures FUNDING USS5.38USS5.38 BILLIONBILLION

The value of contributions reached is the highest in WFP history and 27% higher than in 2013. This value reflects the extraordinary number of major emergencies that WFP responded to during the year.

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures FUNDING

Funding sources and total confirmed contributions in 2014 (US$ thousand)

African Development Bank 4,362 Gaza/W.Bank 2,915 Pakistan 69,553 Andorra 10 Germany 301,194 Panama 578 Armenia 102 Greece 38 Peru 263 112,791 Guatemala 4,843 Portugal 10 Austria 1,183 Guinea 14 ,634 Private Donors* 110,306 Azerbaijan 200 Haiti 257 Qatar 2,380 Bangladesh 3,858 37 Republic of Congo 4,179 Belgium 25,545 Honduras 8,348 Republic of Korea 30,811 Bolivia 175 Hungary 41 Zambia 1,778 4,435 Iceland 399 Russian Federation 66,477 Bulgaria 139 1,039 Saudi Arabia 269,909 Burundi 1,941 Ireland 21,337 Sierra Leone 9,553 Cambodia 1,227 Israel 20 Slovakia 15 350,066 31,639 Slovenia 41 Central African Rep. 12,000 Japan 156,548 South Sudan 5,000 Chile 20 Jordan 47 Spain 10,294 China 11,065 Kenya 0 Sri Lanka 2,404 Colombia 3,805 Kuwait 37,475 Sudan 220 Cuba 484 Lesotho 8,029 Sweden 93,481 Cyprus 11 Liberia 5,600 Switzerland 85,825 Czech Republic 151 Liechtenstein 334 Syria 20 Dem. Rep. Congo 604 27 Tanzania 179 68,450 Luxembourg 12,136 Thailand 129 Dominican Republic 0 Madagascar 3,000 Timor Leste 180 Ecuador 248 Malawi 6,388 Turkey 100 Egypt 390 Malaysia 1,000 UN CERF 137,314 Equatorial Guinea 66 Mexico 100 United Arab Emirates 29,760 Estonia 189 Monaco 271 United Kingdom 408,835 Ethiopia 47,745 88,009 UN OTHER FUNDS AND AGENCIES 112,237 European Commission 371,807 New Zealand 5,898 5 Faroe Islands 33 Nicaragua 15 USA 2,252,677 Finland 34,880 72,165 Venezuela 5 France 22,990 Oman 2,000 World Bank 2,723 Gambia 3,027 OPEC Fund for Int'l Dev 500

*Private contributions do not include extraordinary gifts-in-kind such as advertising WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures PROJECTS 3939 5757 Emergency operations (EMOPs) Protracted relief and recovery operations (PRROs) 3333 202 2727 Country programmes (CPs) Development projects (DEVs) TOTAL PROJECTS 4141 55 Special operations (SOs) Preparedness activities

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures Protracted relief and recovery Emergency operations Special Development Preparedness PROJECTS operations (PRROs) (EMOPs) operations (SOs) projects (DEVs) activities

Afghanistan Dem. Rep. Congo Algeria Djibouti Armenia DPR Korea Bangladesh Ecuador Benin Egypt Bhutan Ethiopia Bolivia Gambia Bosnia-Herzegovina Ghana Burkina Faso Guatemala Burundi Guinea Cairo Regional Bureau Guinea-Bissau Cambodia Haiti Cameroon Honduras Cabo Verde India Central African Republic Indonesia Chad Iran Colombia Iraq Congo (Brazzav) Italy Côte d'Ivoire Jordan Cuba Kenya Dakar Regional Bureau WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures Protracted relief and recovery Emergency operations Special Development Preparedness PROJECTS operations (PRROs) (EMOPs) operations (SOs) projects (DEVs) activities

Kyrgyzstan Rwanda Laos San Tome and Principe Lesotho Senegal Liberia Serbia and Montenegro Madagascar Sierra Leone Malawi Somalia Mali South Sudan Mauritania Sri Lanka Morocco Sudan Mozambique Swaziland Myanmar Syria Nairobi Regional Bureau Tajikistan Nepal Tanzania Nicaragua Timor-Leste Niger Togo Pakistan Tunisia Palestine Uganda Panama Ukraine Panama Regional Bureau Yemen Paraguay Zambia Philippines Zimbabwe WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures SCHOOL FEEDING 1717 MILLIONMILLION Schoolchildren receiving meals in school or take-home rations (This figure does not include 1.2 million schoolchildren reached through Trust Funds)

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures SCHOOL FEEDING

75,50075,500 49%49%

SCHOOLS RECEIVING GIRLS AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL WFP ASSISTANCE SCHOOLCHILDREN RECEIVING WFP ASSISTANCE

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures RESILIENCE BUILDING ACTIVITIES 12.712.7 MILLIONMILLION People receiving WFP food as an incentive to build assets

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures RESILIENCE BUILDING ACTIVITIES

328,800 14,13014,130 63,00063,000

HECTARES OF LAND KILOMETRESKILOMETRES OFOF ROADSROADS GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT STAFFSTAFF PROTECTED OR IMPROVED ANDAND 123123 BRIDGESBRIDGES TRAINEDTRAINED CONSTRUCTEDCONSTRUCTED OROR REPAIREDREPAIRED

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures CASH AND VOUCHERS 8.98.9 MILLIONMILLION People receiving assistance in the form of cash and/or vouchers in 69 projects in 53 countries. A 13% increase compared to 2013.

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures CASH AND VOUCHERS

USS843 MILLIONMILLION >90%>90%

VALUE OF CASH AND MORE THAN 90 PERCENT VOUCHER TRANSFERS OF CASH AND VOUCHER TRANSFERS COMPARED TO WERE PROVIDED WITHIN EMERGENCY US$506 MILLION IN 2013 PROGRAMMES AIMED AT SAVING LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures PURCHASE FOR PROGRESS USS148USS148 MILLIONMILLION Income generated for farmers as a result of the P4P project

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures PURCHASE FOR PROGRESS

370,000370,000 METRICMETRIC TONSTONS THETHE AMOUNTAMOUNT OFOF FOODFOOD PURCHASEDPURCHASED UNDERUNDER THETHE P4P PROJECT

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PARTNERS

WFP’s partnerships seek to: alleviate through food assistance, nutrition support and social safety nets; eliminate the root causes of hunger and through long-term support to sustainable agricultural development and rural transformation for the most vulnerable people.

FAO UNEP IFAD UNESCO ILO UNFPA International Red Cross and UN-HABITAT Red Crescent Movement (ICRC, IFRC, National Red Cross and UNHCR Red Crescent Societies) UNICEF IOM UN-Women UNAIDS WHO UNDP World Bank

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PARTNERS

1,122 MILLIONMILLION NGO PARTNERS THE AMOUNT OF CASH AND IN-KIND DONATIONS FROM CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures STAFF 11,36711,367 EMPLOYEESEMPLOYEES of whom 93 percent are based in the field

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures STAFF

11,367 41%41% 87%87%

EMPLOYEESEMPLOYEES WITHWITH CONTRACTSCONTRACTS WOMEN AMONG LOCALLY RECRUITED OFOF ONEONE YEARYEAR OROR LONGERLONGER INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL RECRUITSRECRUITS ANDAND PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS

WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures IN 2015, WFP PLANS TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 17 BILLION RATIONS to 78 MILLION PEOPLE in 76 COUNTRIES

WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide. In 2014, WFP reached 80 million people with food assistance in 82 countries.

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WFP in 2014: Facts and Figures